The Walking Dead Pilot: Days Gone Bye
If you're tired of the current trend on Vampire movies or TV series and looking for an alternative, The Walking Dead is a good show to check out. The series is based one of the top-selling comics released by Image. It tells the story of survival in a Post-apocalyptic world filled with Zombies.Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes woke in a hospital bed after being confined due to a gunshot wound. The flower that his partner brought when he visited earlier was already withered. After several attempts to call for help, he made his way outside his room. There hospital seems abandoned and he came across a room that says "Don't Open Dead Inside". When he got out of the hospital, he saw hundred of bodies covered in sheets.
He then went to his house with the hope of finding his wife Lori and his son Carl. But before getting to his house he encountered a decaying body of a woman who’s missing the lower part of her body and was crawling towards him. He then escaped using a bicycle lying nearby.
When Rick reached his house, it was already abandoned. Lori and Carl was nowhere to be found. Rick was then hit by a shovel by a boy named Duane. His father Morgan has just shot a zombie walking towards Rick. But Morgan and Duane were worried seeing Rick's injuries and wanted to make sure that he wasn't bitten.
Later that night, a group of zombies were walking around near the house that they were hiding in. Morgan's lapse of judgment of using a gun to save Rick has put them on risk. Fortunately, the zombies never found out where they were hiding. The next day, they visited Rick's house again. They then went to the Police station and got the things they could use to survive. Rick gave Morgan a Walkie-talkie so that they could communicate in case they need to meet up.
They then went their own ways. Rick went to Atlanta since Duane told him that there was a refugee camp that offers protection and food. Duane and Morgan went back to the house. On his way to Atlanta, Rick was trying to communicate with other survivors. A group has caught his transmission but failed to warn him that Atlanta was filled with the walking dead. He ran out of gas and went to a nearby house to ask for Gas. Unfortunately there was none instead there was a horse.
He traveled to Atlanta and soon was surrounded with a hundred of zombies. He was trapped and was thrown off his horse. The walkers immediately started feeding on the horse while Rick started crawl underneath a Tank. After shooting several walkers, it seems lack it was the end for him. He was about to shoot himself when he saw an open hatch underneath a tank. He then he heard a voice from the radio that is addressing him. The episode ended with Rick stuck in the tank while zombies were trying to get inside. Other zombies were still feeding on the horse.
I can't wait for the next episode. Though I think there were dull moments in the Pilot episode. It wasn't really scary but interesting enough to keep watching. I would like to thank AMCTV blog for the photos. The Cast comprises of familiar faces from other TV series. Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori Grimes) played Sarah Tancredi from Prison Break. Lennie James (Morgan) played Robert Hawkins from Jericho. Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) was part of the hit movie Love Actually
